regular edition – framework radio

this week we mourned the passing of another great artist and great friend of the program, sawako kato, who died on march 31st in tokyo at the far, far too young age of 47. sawako's work first appeared in framework edition #002, in june 2002 and then joined us in london [...]

Framework Radio is late due to travels, but offers a new show featuring a collaboration between the host and artist Manja Ristić on the Unfathomless label. Also highlighted are pieces by Alëna Korolëva and three newcomers—Coagulent, Emma Margetson, and Thomas Fleischhauer—with an intro by Paul Mallatratt, and sounds from the Aporee soundmaps. No Patreon progress.

we are very excited to announce that we are making the final preparations for our last issue of framework:seasonal or the year, issue #15, autumn 2023. we set out to actually release 4 issues this year, one for each season, which seemed to make sense, given the series' name, but we've never managed it before, and frankly, we may never manage it again. but once, at the very least! and what a strong finish it is - we are extremely excited about issue #15, which features 4 absolutely stunning new

two new discoveries this week, along with two old favorites - we finally got to michael allen z prime's bioelectrical music, his 3 disc (plus one bluray) retrospective of 30 years of work with the bioelectric signals of plants and mushrooms, plus the latest work from longtime contributor s. grey/standard grey/christopher olson, a series of geofon recordings at home in nara, japan. these sounds accompanied the wonderful works of lucie vitková, who documented material interactions and improvisations

lots of mixed works in this edition - bipolar explorer's guitars, thollem & jacek chmiel's improvisational instruments, daina dieva's electronic drones - but all use field recordings somewhere in the mix, so here they are, along with jana winderen's underwater sounds and listener-chosen favorites from the aporee soundmaps, from slovakia, spain, south korea and greece. this all began with a framework introduction recorded for us in zenikow, germany by jo.

this special edition is our second week in tribute to steve roden, who passed away on september 6th at the age of 59. we are listening to a selection of his works spanning a period between 1993 and 2020, both under his own name and as in be tween noise, including the track he contributed to our very first release on framework editions in 2009, the 4-disc compilation framework250. we began the show with a special framework introduction recorded in his memory by steve peters. links to the releases

here we are, folks - our last edition before our annual summer break; and with this one comes an announcement, as we release our third issue of framework:seasonal for 2023! we vowed to release 4 issues this year, a goal we have never before achieved, and so far we're on target. issue #14, summer 2023 includes new and exclusive works from yen-ting hsu, steve peters, pablo diserens, & nula.cc. we will listen to all of the contributions in the first few shows after the break, but in the meantime

the summer is busying up - back at framework HQ now for a two week window between travels, unsure if i'm going to find the time to get a summer issue of framework:seasonal out into the world, but there's still a chance. meanwhile, some releases i've really been looking forward to getting into the show, loren chasse, standard grey, bethan kellough, kate carr, old friends ben owen and alan courtis working together, it's a smorgasbord of great sounds! we're taking a few weeks off from our usual aporee